Tag: ALT-FOLK

  • Julie Paschke – Cold In Your Town

    Julie Paschke – Cold In Your Town

    “Cold In Your Town” is the latest single by Julie Paschke, an outstanding Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. It’s her fifth piece of work in 2025, arriving as an appropriate continuation of “Bookends,” “Man As A Teacher,” “New Year,” and “Marigolds,” five excellent standalone singles released this year that you should also check out as…

  • Jonny Westwood – Brightest Fire EP

    Jonny Westwood – Brightest Fire EP

    In today’s musical landscape, many artists and bands desperately try to reinvent the same old wheel by tirelessly copying their favorite artists, exploring the same old techniques invented by the greats decades ago, or simply aiming for that old, boring, repetitious, and bland sound. Thankfully, there are still artists like Jonny Westwood who are breaking…

  • Tessa Lee – Dear Friend

    Tessa Lee – Dear Friend

    “Dear Friend” is the latest song by Tessa Lee, an outstanding Australian singer-songwriter. It’s her second piece of work in 2024, serving as an adequate follow-up of “Big Slow Beating Heart,” another excellent composition released this year. Soundwise, she combines a singer-songwriter approach with many different but complementary music styles. Perhaps alt-folk comes to mind…

  • The Bicycats – Long Game

    The Bicycats – Long Game

    After several excellent full-length albums such as I Love You For Your Mind, How Could You, and Don’t Be Surprised When You See Us Bears, Los Angeles-based artist The Bicycats used the pandemic to take a break from writing and composing music. However, he started writing again at the end of 2021, which resulted in…